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Armadillo question
susie
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So, lets say you have a small one in your back yard that your Malamute chases to hell and back. Said armadillo gets outside the wooden privacy fence and then starts to dig back into the yard.
Is it rabid or stupid?
Is it rabid or stupid?
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So, lets say you have a small one in your back yard that your Malamute chases to hell and back. Said armadillo gets outside the wooden privacy fence and then starts to dig back into the yard.
Is it rabid or stupid?
Armadillo is an old indian word meaning REALLY STUPID ANIMAL.
Damn dog is now pacing the floor wanting out to go after the possum on half shell. He keeps whining and crying, going to the door and standing on his hind legs trying to get out. He'll end up tearing down the facing if I can't get him calmed down. He can reach the top of the door with no effort.
Not worried about the dog (Samson), he is huge and has drawn blood on the poor critter's back. Didn't know they could jump like a cat, but saw it go over our brick wall around the patio when Samson went after him.
Damn dog is now pacing the floor wanting out to go after the possum on half shell. He keeps whining and crying, going to the door and standing on his hind legs trying to get out. He'll end up tearing down the facing if I can't get him calmed down. He can reach the top of the door with no effort.
They can jump, but I can assure you they can't jump a fence! And no dog is going to bring blood from a dillo's back. That would mean his shell had no value and that is what protects him. He rolls up in a hard shell and nothing can get him. Well, a bullet can, but anything with teeth will gro bored of him quickly.
You might want to re-evaluate exactly what sort of monster you have roving in your backyard...
Q-5 I HEARD ARMADILLOS CARRY DISEASES. IS THAT TRUE?
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A. Yes, disease is commonly associated with armadillos. The bacteria mycobacterium leprae can infect armadillos, and this is the bacteria which causes leprosy. The link between human infection and armadillos has not been heavily tested, but it does remain a risk. In Louisiana, up to 53 percent of armadillos were found to have leprosy. Leprosy symptoms include skin lesions, numbness, nerve damage and muscle weakness. Armadillos are the only animals that can transmit leprosy, and they can do so by attacking with their claws.
Armadillos can also carry rabies. Rabies, a virus, progressively paralyzes and can kill any mammal, including humans. Rabies is generally contracted through contact with an infected armadillo through biting. Since armadillos rarely bite, armadillo rabies is not quite as high a risk as raccoon or skunk rabies, for example. Though humans should avoid contact with any armadillos, if an armadillo seems especially fearless around humans or is very active during the day, it could be infected. Call 1-888-488-1415 United Wildlife armadillo control immediately for professional armadillo removal.
Armadillos have problems with tapeworms. Tapeworms are parasites of the digestive system and can be transmitted to humans. Armadillos carry the bacteria salmonella. People who pick up salmonella bacteria can become seriously ill with diarrhea, vomiting, fever and chills. Salmonella can also affect the blood. Armadillo salmonella can be spread through armadillo fecal matter.
Our fence abuts an alley so behind the wooden fence is a chain link fence. It switched its energies to digging under the chain link after I prodded it in the right direction. It was making all kinds of little squealing huffing noises as it dug. Kind of funny.
And yes, my dog did draw blood. Not bleeding profusely but blooded it was. The 'dillo was small, only about two feet from tip to tail so it's body couldn't have been over a foot long. I suppose young ones may be a little more tender and not as hard shelled as more mature ones. Also, my dog is an Alaskan Malamute, not some yappy lap dog.
Thermo, re-read my post. Sorry I didn't specify the height of the brick wall, it is a low wall, maybe two feet high, just right for sitting on that surrounds our patio. That is the wall the armadillo went over in his escape attempt. The 'dillo was outside the wooden fence digging for its life right back into the hell it just left when I went out to check on it and the dog. I got the limb loppers and wedged them under the fence to block it's little digging feet and nose. I was able to poke it with the loppers until it started to dig in the other direction.
Our fence abuts an alley so behind the wooden fence is a chain link fence. It switched its energies to digging under the chain link after I prodded it in the right direction. It was making all kinds of little squealing huffing noises as it dug. Kind of funny.
And yes, my dog did draw blood. Not bleeding profusely but blooded it was. The 'dillo was small, only about two feet from tip to tail so it's body couldn't have been over a foot long. I suppose young ones may be a little more tender and not as hard shelled as more mature ones. Also, my dog is an Alaskan Malamute, not some yappy lap dog.
Hmm, I missed all that from your post. I must be tired... Usually, for all I know, they tend to jump straight up. They don't have a leaping ability. But I am no animal expert...
I am still baffled about the bleeding.
Here's a photo of Samson taken in March.
That is one Dumb animal.
Their shells are not as tough as you might think. I've killed them with a pitchfork, and it actually penetrated the armor quite easily. Moreso than I would have thought.
I have shopt a few but then you have to deal with the carcassand they do carry white leprosy ,I don't want that on my gloves or burrioed on my land .So I'm gonna starve mine out.
Oh, I never touched it with anything other than the limb loppers. If it was rabid I didn't wanting it latching on to any appendages. My kids wouldn't have helped they would have grabbed a camera.
Encountered a lot of them when I lived in South Georgia.